Job responsibilities:
- Assist in managing the physiotherapy services
- Maintain a satisfactory personal case load of patients
- Evaluate patient as a basis for planning and implementing an appropriate treatment programme
- Administer therapeutic interventions to alleviate impairment or functional limitations and to maximise optimal recovery
- Provide patient and family education
- Initiate discharge planning and recommend appropriate discharge therapy programme
- Maintain clear, appropriate and accurate documentation of all treatments in a timely manner
- Ensure timely scheduling and billing of patients
- Ensure a thorough and smooth handover of patients where applicable
- Ensure that the referring sources are updated appropriately of the patient's progress in a timely manner
- Participate in the call back service
- Build and maintain good referral relationships with physicians and other referral sources
- Treat all information regarding patients as strictly confidential
- Activate cross referral to the other Rehab disciplines when appropriate, in consultation with the referring physician
- Plan, coordinate and supervise Physiotherapy students on clinical attachments
- Orientate and precept new physiotherapist of the department
- Champion quality initiatives in the department
- Provide and arrange for in-services and on the job training for appropriate staff
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned
